From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit b352c3465bb808ab700d03f5bac2f7a6f37c5350 upstream. devm_kmalloc() returns a pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL on failure. While lp->indirect_lock is allocated by devm_kmalloc() without proper check. It is better to check the value of it to prevent potential wrong memory access. Fixes: f14f5c11f051 ("net: ll_temac: Support indirect_mutex share within TEMAC IP") Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c @@ -1345,6 +1345,8 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_d lp->indirect_lock = devm_kmalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*lp->indirect_lock), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!lp->indirect_lock) + return -ENOMEM; spin_lock_init(lp->indirect_lock); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.4/net-ll_temac-check-the-return-value-of-devm_kmalloc.patch